This Nintendo Switch docking station is 75% smaller than the original.

It has been way to long since I’ve posted an article on Wololo. Ideally you’ve all been well and are ready for a new batch of content from my hand. To start things off I thought it would be best to offer you something that is close to the core of what Wololo is about: control over your devices.

Making the Nintendo Switch docking station slim

On March third, two weeks ago at the time of publishing, Nintendo released their new portable home console the Nintendo Switch. However it seems that not everyone with a Switch is using their time with the system just to play games. It took a reddit’er named Jolimon just a few days to produce a Nintendo Switch hardware modification. His goal was simple: create a dock that would take up less space for portability sake. In short he used the electronics from the original dock and housed them in smaller custom build dock/sleeve. The result is a 75% smaller travel ready dongle that retains the same pass through functionality as the original Nintendo Switch docking station.

People are enamored enough with the idea of a smaller docking station that they are asking the creator to build them their own. Jolimon is looking into these requests and is currently making plans for assembly and distribution. He has also voiced his plans on publishing a tutorial video so that people can reproduce his creation.

While researching Nintendo Switch hardware modifications I also found some other efforts that where laughable at best. Chuckle if you must, at least these guys made an attempt to create something and were daring enough to maim their Nintendo Switch accessories. At the very least they showed me what not to do to my new game console.

lmao, if anything, these pictures show that the xbox one is a useless piece of technology and putting things on top of it is better than using it for gaming. plus the xbox1 graphics arent that different than nintendo since they both do 900p resolution in almost alll their games HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

News flash, it ain’t a docking station, when it doesn’t DOCK. Sticking a cable into your Switch and laying it on top of a slab is not a docking station, its sticking a cable in your Switch and laying it on top of a slab.

I’m assuming you don’t have a Switch. Otherwise you would know that the ‘docking station’ is an unnecessarily large lump of plastic that does nothing except route the power and HDMI to a USB-C. Most people (me included) would prefer a dongle to travel with – and this guy has made one! Nintendo should have done the same.

What makes you think this would be worse with temps when the dock itself doesn’t have fans? The dock itself is a hunk of plastic that would hold even more heat to the switch. At least try to hate with real reasons. *facepalm

Who cares if it doesn’t really “Dock” the system. The idea was making the docking hardware smaller to make it more portable for people who want to bring the system with them without the bulk of the original dock.

all it would take is some 3D printing work to get it actually “Dock” the switch. I’d suggest something like a magnetic cable in place of using the normal port and holding the switch at a slight angle for BETTER connectivity and faster connect/disconnect.

I love my Switch, all I play is Breath of the Wild. It’s incredibly addictive. But personally, I love the dock that Nintendo made. It’s not often they design something that’s actually useful. The dock sits on the back of my desktop PC, and it’s slim enough. I don’t have to lie it down, the console (after some tinkering) sits snug inside the dock.

I’m more interested in the grip idea on that image at the bottom. It needs some work, but I believe they’re onto something there.

The lack of grip when holding the Switch in portable mode is worrying. I’m worried I’m going to snap the Joy-cons off.

Having a decent grip would make it easier to hold it with a power pack, which I may or may not have affixed to the back of my system, remove-able of course, I’m not mad. Because, you know, the Switch in portable mode doesn’t have the best lifespan. 🙁

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